Hedstroms and the Bethel Ship Saga: Methodist Influence on Swedish Religious Life
Author: Henry C Whyman
Publisher: Southern Illinois University; 1st Edition edition (August 3, 1992)
ISBN: 0809317621
Language: English
Date: 21 April 2008
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"This book fills a significant gap and offers a key to integrating several interrelated areas of history on both sides of the Atlantic in the nineteenth century." —H. Arnold Barton, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
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The first book-length biographical treatment of Olof Gustaf Hedstrom and his brother Jonas documents their work in spreading Methodism among Swedish immigrants to America. Henry C. Whyman discusses the Bethel Ship Saga, a ministry unique in American immigrant history, and examines the larger picture of the role of religion in nineteenth-century European immigration to the United States.
The Bethel Ship, a floating chapel in New York Harbor, was the vehicle and headquarters for an effective ministry to immigrants arriving in America. Olof Hedstrom, a Methodist minister serving in the Catskill Mountain area, was called to New York to organize and lead this endeavor.
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